EdReady for College Placement Exam Prep: Community College and High School Implementations

Constance Calandrino and Darlery Franco, Hudson County Community College, NJ Crystal Van Ausdal, Mountain Heights Academy, UT

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Topic areas: arithmetic, beginning algebra, intermediate algebra, including geometry and trigonometry topics per the Common Core & statistics topics per AMATYC – covers ~350 learning objectives.

Instructional elements: At the topic level (97 Topics):

•  warm-up (text) •  presentation (video, audio, animation, and graphics) •  worked examples (audio and graphics) •  problems (interactive text) •  review (text) •  text tab (online textbook)

At the unit level (19 Units): •  virtual tutor (interactive video, graphics, text) •  project (text and graphics) •  puzzles (game-based, interactive animation, graphics) •  unit-level assessments (including optional diagnostic pre-assessment)

Over 350 explicit learning objectives to allow fine-grained assessment.  

NROC Developmental Math – An EdReady Content Foundation

Publicly available: EdReady.org

EdReady Options for Institutional Use

•  Customize Goals •  Customize Assessments •  Customize Interventions •  Access Data for Planning and Evaluation

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Accuplacer Preparation

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Accuplacer Readiness Study Path

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Hudson County Community College

Jersey City, NJ Implementation & Outcomes

Intervention to Avoid “Unnecessary” Developmental Math

POLL #1: How many of the participants are postsecondary, high school, elementary or adult education?

POLL#2: How many are administrators? teachers/instructors?

IMPLEMENTATION

May –August 2014

  I: CPT Prep (public goal)

  II: Summer Bridge (hybrid)

  III: Re-test Opportunity (80% target score)

HCCC EdReady page www.hccc.edready.org

Customized goals: Public and Private

  HCCC offers two developmental Math courses:

  Basic Math

  Basic Algebra

  Public goal (Arithmetic & Elementary Algebra)

  Private goal(one area only)

Retest Opportunity Pilot Phase I FALL 2014

80% (TARGET SCORE) MASTERY OUTCOMES:

  49 students participated in the pilot from May through August 2014

  41 students demonstrated gains on the Accuplacer re-test (83.67%); score gains ranged from 5-59 points.

  25 students exited out of at least one level of Dev. Math (51.02%)

  14 completed Arithmetic and Algebra plans; 4 out of 14 exited two levels (28.5%) Average score gain on Re-test: 36.4 points (Exiting Students)

  24 completed the Arithmetic study plan; 14 out of 24 exited level (58.3%)

  11 completed the Algebra study plan; 7 out of 11 exited level (63.6%) Average score gain on Re-test: 36 points (Exiting Students)

Lessons Learned

 Optional Study Resources (0 min-21 hours)

 Minimum Accuplacer Score

 Average score gain on Re-test for non-exiters: 30.3 points

 Average score gain on Re-test for non-exiters: 35 points

 Time spent on Study Resources time vs. # weeks on EdReady

 Focus on 1 goal = higher success rates on Re-test

Next Steps Spring 2015

 New Re-test Criteria

1.  90% Mastery

2.  Minimum score of 45 on Accuplacer Arithmetic/Algebra

3.  2-6 hours spent on Study Resources (checked by Testing Center)

4.  Open to: New, Returning with Expired scores, Prospective Fall 2014 Basic Math exiters.

Using NROC in the Summer Bridge

Structure of the Bridge Program in Summer 2014

  19 students from a local high school (juniors and seniors) who had previously taken the ACCUPLACER.

  3 Fulltime Instructors.

 First day students were administered the NROC Diagnostic.

  Instructors analyzed the results.

 Utilized Team Teaching Principles.

 Students also practiced in the areas identified in the diagnostic by engaging in the learning path.

 Some extra exercises were assigned when needed.

Statistics

 Students improved on average 40 points.

 16 of the 19 increased their score which allowed them to move up one level (84%).

 5 increased their score to move up 2 levels (26%).

Bridge Program data for Arithmetic for College Now Program

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Carvalho

Daoud

Hadjiedj

Muhammad

Powell

Rodriguez

Shahid

Tarawally

Williams

Accuplacer Scores

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Final Thoughts

 The pilot results were very promising so we will use NROC in the Summer Bridge with new students to help them to prepare for the ACCUPLACER.

 We used a model of 3 teachers which worked well with a team teaching model.

Questions?

Mountain Heights

Proficiency Based Learning in a High School Setting

EdReady AND

Courses •College Prep •Secondary Math I Credit Recovery •Secondary Math II Credit Recovery

Goal 1: Accuplacer Arithmetic Goal •100% of Study Plan •90% on Final Test

Goal 2: Accuplacer Elementary Algebra Goal •80% of Study Plan •80% on Final Test

Goal 3: Accuplacer College Level Math •60% of Study Plan •60% on Final Test

Mountain Heights

Questions?

EdReady AND

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Special thanks to our presenters!

This webinar will be archived at NROCnetwork.org.

Constance Calandrino, Director of Academic Foundations Mathematics, ccalandrino@hccc.edu Darlery Franco, Director of Testing and Assessment Center, dfranco@hccc.edu

Hudson County Community College, NJ

Crystal Van Ausdal, Math Department Chair, cvanausdal@mountainheightsacademy.org Mountain Heights Academy, UT